Ryan, That would be perfect. At least having the option to look behind the uppers would have enough benefit to satisfy myself.
Thank you for the opportunity and taking the time to discuss the concerns of this group as individuals and at least attempting to take it all in for the design of a product that will benefit us. It is a farkle that is sorely lacking and long overdue for this bike form an affordability and functionality standpoint.
I am reading this thread with great interest, and looking forward to the product. I appreciate you going to the core customers for input. My primary interest is in tipover protection (e.g., falling over while parked). [If the bike hits the ground while running at speed, I don't expect to have much clean plastic afterwards.] Also, I prefer no drilling.
Maybe a quick release could be made that had a necked down end on the bar that fit into the end of the mount (portion "permanently" attached to the bike) and the junction held in place by a ball-pin, cotter pin or something similar. The connection would be in a place that's very near the engine or hidden somewhat by the fairing. Since most of your tip-overs would be trying to jam this joint together, it might work.
Hopefully you understand what I'm describing with my having to resort to doing a sketch, LOL.
The current set-up, the front right bar, to get it off and on is a balancing act. The plastic has to hang onto the bar while it is being installed. If the this bracket were a two pc design where the upprt mounting points tube was only like 2" long with a solid pin welded in this tube, the remaining bracket can slide onto this pin, have a cross pin to lock it in place and still bolt up at the current lower mounting point. This way, one bolt to remove and one cross pin to pull and it's off. A simular set-up for the left would work too. With a set-up like this, new designs can use the same mounting points on the bike and can have different bar shapes outside of the plastic. Also this set-up should only take 5 min's to take it off or to put it back on once the upper mounting points have been installed.
Ryan, if you would like to know more about how I think that this can be done, I'll gladly discuss it with you.
THE BARS both front and rear BEND and lost metal!!! but save the most of the plastics and my legs...!!
before 2 months i ordered the new ones...i have already installed them.....
I got a 2012 with 300 miles only. You can borrow it for a week or two . To help you out with the Canyon Cage. I'm in Los Angeles.
Awesome! I actually just got the green light from the owner to go ahead and start this project! Were aiming for a start date of Monday, April 2nd. Do you think that'd be a good day for you to bring your bike in? It should only take us a single work week to get the prototype done so you should be riding again by that weekend!
Unfortunately we have to go one bike at a time. Seeing as how the 2010-2012 model is the most current and most popular, we plan on beginning with that bike. If these Canyon Cage bars are as popular as they seem, I'm sure we'll work on getting a 2008-2009 in the shop to fit up as well.
Wow, you were hit by a car, the bike slid 50 meters, and the bars didn't give?! That's pretty amazing, I haven't heard that before. Although, we did have one customer a while back who was riding in the backwoods somewhere and he was t-boned by a deer. He ended up being hospitalized because it knocked him off but apparently our guards help up.
I understand and appreciate what you folks are doing, but you may want to consider that there are probably just as many '08-'09 models on the road and ready for these bars as there are '10-'12 model year bikes.
That's definitely possible. We have to start somewhere though and we're somewhat limited by what bikes we have access to as well. So far I've found customers with a 2010 and 2012 Connie who were kind enough to offer up their bikes but I haven't found a 2008-2009 yet.
That's definitely possible. We have to start somewhere though and we're somewhat limited by what bikes we have access to as well. So far I've found customers with a 2010 and 2012 Connie who were kind enough to offer up their bikes but I haven't found a 2008-2009 yet.Totally understand that!
Ryan I will call you on Monday March 26. To schedule a time and date to drop her off. Great to hear there is a green light . Can’t wait to see the final product .